"I’m now ten years older than my father when he died at the age of 59 and that was also a wake-up call to value every moment with family and friends. He was playing golf one day and then he was gone. Going to a counsellor means that a lot of my memories are kept alive and that’s nice. Now there was more of a sadness in my mum after dad died and it was more of a financial struggle too. But I don’t believe I’m a worrier like my mother."
Next February, Mary Kennedy will travel to India with her sister. She is also hopeful for a fourth season of Moving West in 2025 ("It’s so like Nationwide and I do like going into other people’s homes."). Moving west was never a consideration for the dyed-in-the-wool Dub, with most of her children based in the city (apart from Eva). "I like popping over to them for a cuppa and a chat," she says, someone who has said that motherhood defines her more than anything.
Yet the many other strings to her bow are also part of the picture. "I’m currently reading Jane Fonda’s Prime Time," she says of a 2011 publication that has stirred thoughts of what her next book might be. "I’m obsessed with her. She’s not only very funny but someone who has lived, and still lives, a full and fruitful life."
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